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D-Index
45
Citations
10786
World Ranking
3482
National Ranking
103

Elio Usai publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elio Usai sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 238 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Elio Usai D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elio Usai sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Overview

Elio Usai is affiliated with the University of Cagliari in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and computer science, with a significant focus on control and systems engineering and computer networks and communications. The scientist's work also touches on electrical and electronic engineering, artificial intelligence, and aerospace engineering.

Their research topics include distributed control multi-agent systems, adaptive control of nonlinear systems, neural networks stability and synchronization, stability and controllability of differential equations, smart grid security and resilience, microgrid control and optimization, and frequency control in power systems.

Elio Usai has contributed to various publication venues, with multiple works appearing in IEEE Control Systems Letters, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, and IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. Other venues include IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering and Annual Reviews in Control.

Recent papers authored by Elio Usai include:

  • Sliding Mode-Based Robustification of Consensus and Distributed Optimization Control Protocols, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Resilient and Privacy-Preserving Multi-Agent Optimization and Control of a Network of Battery Energy Storage Systems Under Attack, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
  • Resilient Constrained Optimization in Multi-Agent Systems With Improved Guarantee on Approximation Bounds, 2022, IEEE Control Systems Letters
  • Robust Distributed Secondary Voltage Restoration Control of AC Microgrids under Multiple Communication Delays, 2021, Energies
  • Distributed Asynchronous Greedy Control of Large Networks of Thermostatically Controlled Loads for Electric Demand Response, 2022, IEEE Control Systems Letters

Frequent coauthors in Elio Usai's research include Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Mauro Franceschelli, Mojtaba Kaheni, and Milad Gholami.

Best Publications

  • Chattering avoidance by second-order sliding mode control

    G. Bartolini;A. Ferrara;E. Usani

  • On second order sliding mode controllers

    Giorgio Bartolini;Antonella Ferrara;Arie Levant;Elio Usai

  • A survey of applications of second-order sliding mode control to mechanical systems

    Giorgio Bartolini;Alessandro Pisano;Elisabetta Punta;Elio Usai

  • Analysis of Chattering in Systems With Second-Order Sliding Modes

    I. Boiko;L. Fridman;A. Pisano;E. Usai

  • On multi-input chattering-free second-order sliding mode control

    G. Bartolini;A. Ferrara;E. Usai;V.I. Utkin

  • CHATTERING AVOIDANCE BY SECONDORDER SLIDING MODE CONTROL

    G Bartolini;A Ferrara;E Usai

  • Second-order sliding-mode control of container cranes

    Giorgio Bartolini;Alessandro Pisano;Elio Usai

  • Output tracking control of uncertain nonlinear second-order systems

    G. Bartolini;G. Bartolini;A. Ferrara;E. Usai

  • Sliding mode control: A survey with applications in math

    Alessandro Pisano;Elio Usai

  • Modern sliding mode control theory : new perspectives and applications

    Giorgio Bartolini;Leonid Fridman;Alessandro Pisano;Elio Usai

  • Cascade Control of PM DC Drives Via Second-Order Sliding-Mode Technique

    A. Pisano;A. Davila;L. Fridman;E. Usai

  • APPLICATIONS OF A SUB‐OPTIMAL DISCONTINUOUS CONTROL ALGORITHM FOR UNCERTAIN SECOND ORDER SYSTEMS

    G Bartolini;A Ferrara;Elio Usai

  • Tracking Control of the Uncertain Heat and Wave Equation via Power-Fractional and Sliding-Mode Techniques

    Alessandro Pisano;Yury Orlov;Elio Usai

  • Observer-Based Air Excess Ratio Control of a PEM Fuel Cell System via High-Order Sliding Mode

    Alessandro Pilloni;Alessandro Pisano;Elio Usai

  • Sliding mode control approaches to the robust regulation of linear multivariable fractional‐order dynamics

    Alessandro Pisano;M. R. Rapaic;Zd Jelicic;Elio Usai

  • Robust Finite-Time Frequency and Voltage Restoration of Inverter-Based Microgrids via Sliding-Mode Cooperative Control

    Alessandro Pilloni;Alessandro Pisano;Elio Usai

  • Output-feedback control of an underwater vehicle prototype by higher-order sliding modes

    Alessandro Pisano;Elio Usai

  • Finite-Time Consensus With Disturbance Rejection by Discontinuous Local Interactions in Directed Graphs

    Mauro Franceschelli;Alessandro Pisano;Alessandro Giua;Elio Usai

  • Properties of a combined adaptive/second-order sliding mode control algorithm for some classes of uncertain nonlinear systems

    G. Bartolini;A. Ferrara;L. Giacomini;A. Usai

  • Consensus-Based Control for a Network of Diffusion PDEs With Boundary Local Interaction

    Alessandro Pilloni;Alessandro Pisano;Yury Orlov;Elio Usai

  • Brief Paper Second-order sliding-mode control of container cranes

    Giorgio Bartolini;Alessandro Pisano;Elio Usai

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Pisano
Alessandro Pisano University of Cagliari
Giorgio Bartolini
Giorgio Bartolini Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR
Yury Orlov
Yury Orlov Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada
Leonid Fridman
Leonid Fridman National Autonomous University of Mexico
Antonella Ferrara
Antonella Ferrara University of Pavia
Alessandro Giua
Alessandro Giua University of Cagliari
Arie Levant
Arie Levant Tel Aviv University
Vadim I. Utkin
Vadim I. Utkin The Ohio State University
Thierry Floquet
Thierry Floquet University of Lille
Yuri B. Shtessel
Yuri B. Shtessel University of Alabama in Huntsville

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